Wednesday, June 20, 2018 — The wait is over, the Antaño Gran Reserva Presidente – TAA Exclusive arrived this week to Miami from Nicaragua, and it was immediately shipped to all TAA Members who placed orders last month at the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Convention in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic.

The cigar is the first TAA Exclusive from Joya de Nicaragua and it commemorates the 50 years of TAA, the Nicaraguan cigar industry, and its oldest factory, Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua. With a limited annual production of 1,000 boxes, the Antaño Gran Reserva Presidente will be available in stores nationwide as of the third week of June 2018 while supplies last.

Dr. Alejandro Martínez Cuenca’s favorite vitola in the Antaño line is an elegant 6 3/4 x 50 box-pressed Presidente. It uses 100% Nicaraguan wrapper, binder, and fillers; matured to perfection for 5 years. It is full body and smooth, creamy and complex with notes of spice, leather and wood. The Antaño Gran Reserva Presidente, comes in a 20-count box and will be available exclusively for TAA Members at US$12.50 per stick

“I am very happy to hear that my favorite vitola, the one we shared with all our TAA friends at Casa de Campo last month, is finally available for smokers across the US”, said Dr. Alejandro Martinez Cuenca, JDN’s Chairman and CEO.

This TAA Exclusive stick is part of Joya de Nicaragua’s 50th-anniversary celebration. Joya’s consumers all over the world are encouraged to join the celebration online by tagging their smoking experience with #KeepDaring #JOYA50 on social media.

About Joya de Nicaragua

JOYA DE NICARAGUA S.A. is a family owned, Nicaragua-based cigar factory that handcrafts traditional cigars for the premium luxury cigar market. Founded in 1968, it is celebrating its 50thanniversary being Nicaragua’s oldest cigar factory in operation and home to the legendary JOYA DE NICARAGUA® brand of cigars. JDN is regarded by many as the patriarch creator of robust, unique puro blends of locally grown black tobaccos, and its cigars are sold in over 50 countries around the world. This year, JDN pays tribute to the birth of the Nicaraguan cigar industry and celebrates five decades of being the most Nicaraguan cigar. For more information, please visit www.joyacigars.com.

ABOUT DREW ESTATE

Founded in 1996, Drew Estate is one of the largest and fastest growing cigar companies in the world. Under their mantra “The Rebirth of Cigars” Drew Estate has disrupted the premium cigar industry by creating a raw authenticity that has engaged cigar enthusiasts with iconic brands, unique tobaccos, and distinctive blending styles that attract new and old seasoned cigar enthusiasts. Their Gran Fabrica Drew Estate in Nicaragua produces more premium cigars than any other single factory in the world, producing a variety of brands including ACID, Liga Privada, Herrera Estelí, Herrera Estelí Norteño, Isla del Sol, Kentucky Fired Cured, MUWAT, Larutan by Drew Estate, Nica Rustica, Pappy Van Winkle Barrel Fermented Cigars, Tabak Especial, Undercrown, and Java by Drew Estate.